Dedication on occasion of a telesphoria

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1 SECir Oliverio, G., Pugliese-Carratelli, G., Morelli, D., 1961-1962, Supplemento Epigrafico Cirenaico, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente (ASAA)39-40 (= n.s. 23-24), 219-375 - see in bibliography  Ἀκεσάνδρω (a second nu was inserted by another hand after the main one) : Smith-Porcher, 1864 Smith, R.M., Porcher, E.A., 1864, History of the recent discoveries at Cyrene, made during an expedition to the Cyrenaica in 1860-61, under the auspices of Her Majesty's government, London - see in bibliography , SGDI Bechtel, F., Baunack, J., et al., Collitz, H. (ed.), Sammlung der griechischen Dialekt-Inschriften, III.2, Göttingen, 1905 - see in bibliography , DGE Schwyzer, E., Dialectorum Graecarum exempla epigraphica potiora, Leipzig, 1923 - see in bibliography  Τελέσαν{ν}δρω

5 Ἀρισ[τ---]  : Smith-Porcher, 1864 Smith, R.M., Porcher, E.A., 1864, History of the recent discoveries at Cyrene, made during an expedition to the Cyrenaica in 1860-61, under the auspices of Her Majesty's government, London - see in bibliography , SGDI Bechtel, F., Baunack, J., et al., Collitz, H. (ed.), Sammlung der griechischen Dialekt-Inschriften, III.2, Göttingen, 1905 - see in bibliography , DGE Schwyzer, E., Dialectorum Graecarum exempla epigraphica potiora, Leipzig, 1923 - see in bibliography  Ἀριστ[---]  : SECir Oliverio, G., Pugliese-Carratelli, G., Morelli, D., 1961-1962, Supplemento Epigrafico Cirenaico, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente (ASAA)39-40 (= n.s. 23-24), 219-375 - see in bibliography  Ἀρισ̣[τ---] 

10 Oliverio, 1929 Oliverio, G., 1929, Campagna di scavo a Cirene nell’estate 1927, Africa Italiana2, 111-154 - see in bibliography  τὰν ὀ[πὰν ἀνέθηκαν] : SECir Oliverio, G., Pugliese-Carratelli, G., Morelli, D., 1961-1962, Supplemento Epigrafico Cirenaico, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente (ASAA)39-40 (= n.s. 23-24), 219-375 - see in bibliography  τὰν ὀ[πὰν](vac.) (Pugliese finding Oliverio's restoration too long) : DGE Schwyzer, E., Dialectorum Graecarum exempla epigraphica potiora, Leipzig, 1923 - see in bibliography  τὰν ο also consonant with θ [---]  : SGDI Bechtel, F., Baunack, J., et al., Collitz, H. (ed.), Sammlung der griechischen Dialekt-Inschriften, III.2, Göttingen, 1905 - see in bibliography  τὰν Ο[---]  : SGDI Bechtel, F., Baunack, J., et al., Collitz, H. (ed.), Sammlung der griechischen Dialekt-Inschriften, III.2, Göttingen, 1905 - see in bibliography  τὰν θ[όλον?] (Hiller von Gaertringen) : SGDI Bechtel, F., Baunack, J., et al., Collitz, H. (ed.), Sammlung der griechischen Dialekt-Inschriften, III.2, Göttingen, 1905 - see in bibliography  τὰν θ[υσίαν?] (Hiller von Gaertringen) : Smith-Porcher, 1864 Smith, R.M., Porcher, E.A., 1864, History of the recent discoveries at Cyrene, made during an expedition to the Cyrenaica in 1860-61, under the auspices of Her Majesty's government, London - see in bibliography  τὰν Ο[---] 

French translation

Eubatas fils d'Akésandros, Erilokhos fils de Stratès, Hagesarchos fils de Kléôn

Aleximakhos fils d'Aiglanôr, Etymoklès fils d'Arist [---] , Damokosmos fils de The [---] 

[Untel fils d'Untel], [Untel fils d'Untel], [Untel fils d'Untel]

[ont consacré] cette baie lors de la telesphoria .

English translation

Eubatas son of Akesandros, Erilochos son of Strates, Hagesarchos son of Kleon

Aleximachos son of Aiglanor, Etymokles son of Arist [---] , Damokosmos son of The [---] 

[So-and-so son of So-and-so], [So-and-so son of So-and-so], [So-and-so son of So-and-so]

[dedicated] this bay while celebrating the telesphoria .

Italian translation

Eubatas figlio di Akesandros, Erilochos figlio di Strates, Hagesarchos figlio di Kleon,

Aleximachos figlio di Aiglanor, Etymokles figlio di Arist [---] , Damokosmos figlio di The [---] 

[il tale figlio del tale], [il tale figlio del tale], [il tale figlio del tale]

[hanno dedicato] questo vano in occasione della telesphoria .

Commentary

With the most plausible restoration, this stone is explicitly the architrave overlooking a door (ὀπά). If not moved from elswhere, it might be that of the temple which is thought to have antedated the Hall of the Orthostats. The width of the stone, if completed as proposed, would be about 2.5. The shorter restoration proposed by some scholars at l. 10 would give about 1.7, which would be too short for a third column of names and too long for only two columns.

Pugliese Carratelli at SECir Oliverio, G., Pugliese-Carratelli, G., Morelli, D., 1961-1962, Supplemento Epigrafico Cirenaico, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente (ASAA)39-40 (= n.s. 23-24), 219-375 - see in bibliography , 146 republished the inscription with photograph and sketch from Oliverio's papers (his notebook number XVI dates of 1936).

The restoration of Aiglanor as father's name at line 4 is certain, as no shorter form of this typically Cyrenaican name is attested at Cyrene. This allows to have a basis for restoring the overall dimensions of the stone.

Both Pugliese Carratelli at SECir Oliverio, G., Pugliese-Carratelli, G., Morelli, D., 1961-1962, Supplemento Epigrafico Cirenaico, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente (ASAA)39-40 (= n.s. 23-24), 219-375 - see in bibliography , 146 and Adams, 2003 Adams, N., 2003, Greek and Roman sculpture and inscriptions from Cyrene: recent joins and proposed associations, including a 'new' private portrait statue, and some recent epigraphic discoveries, Libyan Studies (LibStud)34, 43-64 - see in bibliography mention holes on the upper face to accommodate a statue. But the shape of the holes does not correspond to feet. If they were intended for attachment of some object, this would be for to a later use, perhaps in the Hall of the Orthostats, where the stone presently lies.

Some letters echoing those of the inscription were probably scratched on the front face by visitors (see at l. 1); however we found no hint of those drawn by Oliverio below the inscription in his sketch given at SECir Oliverio, G., Pugliese-Carratelli, G., Morelli, D., 1961-1962, Supplemento Epigrafico Cirenaico, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente (ASAA)39-40 (= n.s. 23-24), 219-375 - see in bibliography , fig. 108.

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